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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of contemporary art I could do, yes. The overly Complicated masterpieces and what not? No. I was in complete awe at the Vatican that someone had that kind of talent. [/quote]

You might be able to physically construct it, yes. But would you have come up with the ideas behind it to have made it? If so - why not go for it and make some money on the side and to prove your point?

It's a hard shift to make between art that is valued today primarily because of the skill and craft behind manually making works that reproduce the view out the window, and art that is about concepts more than about manual construction by one person. It's totally valid to say you don't appreciate the latter at all, that you want nothing to do with art if it doesn't have high construction value (in your view). But you do have to admit that a lot of contemporary art is a different thing, with different intents and purposes altogether than a canvas painted 400 years ago. [b]Most of today's art is not about reconstructing reality on a 2 dimensional surface. We have cameras for that and it's been done, so many artists have moved on. [/b]Not all, though. You can still find contemporary realist painters if that is what you love.

I love older art, by the way, so in no way denigrating it.[/quote]

You mean like spanking a mound of butter with a chain?  So sophisticated.[/quote]

That sounds awesome. Who's the artist?[/quote]

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